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Initial treatment approaches and healthcare utilization among veterans with low back pain: a propensity score analysis.
Authors
Schmidt C, Borgia M, Zhang T, Gochyyev P, Shireman TI, Resnik LAbstract
Opioid prescriptions for Veterans with low back pain (LBP) persist despite the availability of PT, a lower medical risk treatment option. Patterns of treatment and subsequent healthcare utilization for Veterans with LBP are unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of physical therapy (PT) and opioids and outcomes of spinal surgery and chronic opioid use for Veterans with incident LBP.